Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Webinars

Join the Alzheimer’s Association and ISTAART for a series of webinars that share the latest advances in Alzheimer's and dementia research, as well as strategies for career development.

More information on the types of webinars offered can be found here

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Diversity and Disparities PIA: Brain dysfunctions across the world’s languages

August 24, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
How broadly do languages vary across the world? Does knowledge on language (dys)functions generalize from widely studied to underrepresented languages? How do issues impact global work on brain disorders? Find answers here.
PIA - Diversity and Disparities
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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Chairing

July 6, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
Join us for a step-by-step guide, an overview of logistics, and expert insight from Jeff Cummings.
ISTAART Guide to AAIC
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Latin America and the Caribbean Consortium on Dementia: Brain and tissue banks for dementia

July 5, 2023 (12:00 PM CT)
This webinar aims to highlight the significant role that Brain and Tissue Banks can play to advance research and foster collaborations, which are key to leverage such resources in our fight against dementia.
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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Podium Presentations

June 29, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
Join us for a step-by-step guide, an overview of logistics, and expert insight from Melissa Murray.
ISTAART Guide to AAIC
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Sleep and Circadian Rhythms: Role in AD and Related Dementias PIA: Preview/Networking

June 29, 2023 (2:30 PM CT)
This session will not be recorded. Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
PIA - Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
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Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease PIA: Preview/Networking

June 28, 2023 (2:00 PM CT)
This session will not be recorded. Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
PIA - Down Syndrome and Alzheimer's Disease
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Engaging Health Systems in ALZ-NET: Transforming Clinical Practice, Research, Treatment and Care

June 27, 2023 (1:00 PM CT)
The Alzheimer's Network for Treatment and Diagnostics (ALZ-NET) is a resource for health systems, clinicians and providers for collecting real-world data to accelerate research, transform clinical care practice and improve brain health outcomes.
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Immunity and Neurodegeneration PIA: Preview/Networking

June 27, 2023 (10:30 AM CT)
This session will not be recorded. Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
PIA - Immunity and Neurodegeneration
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Sex and Gender Differences in Alzheimer’s Disease PIA: Preview/Networking

June 26, 2023 (11:30 AM CT)
This session will not be recorded. Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
PIA - Sex and Gender Differences in AD
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ISTAART Guide to AAIC: Posters

June 22, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
Join us for a step-by-step guide, an overview of logistics, and expert insight from Alexa Pichet Binette.
ISTAART Guide to AAIC
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Neuroimaging PIA: Preview/Networking

June 22, 2023 (2:30 PM CT)
This session will not be recorded.
Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Reserve Resilience and Protective Factors PIA: Preview/Networking

June 22, 2023 (9:00 AM CT)
This session will not be recorded. Sessions will review PIA highlights during AAIC, and then attendees will divide into breakout rooms for introductions and networking.
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Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: The Basics of Dementia and Microbiome Research

June 15, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
The gut microbiota influences normal physiological homeostasis and contributes to the development of AD/ADRD through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. We will provide the basics to understand AD/ADRD microbiome research.
PIA - Nutrition,Metabolism and Dementia
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Biofluid Based Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatric Syndromes - The Pharmacological Management Webinar

June 14, 2023 (11:00 AM CT)
Biofluid biomarkers have different contexts of use. This webinar assesses biofluid biomarkers for disease monitoring and therapeutic outcomes of neuropsychiatric syndromes in Alzheimer's disease.
PIA - Biofluid Based Biomarkers PIA - Neuropsychiatric Syndromes
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Vascular Cognitive Disorders PIA: Genetic entries into VCID pathobiology

June 13, 2023 (1:30 PM CT)
This PIA webinar addresses the polygenic and monogenic determinants of MRI markers of brain aging, small vessel disease, and cognition.
PIA - Vascular Cognitive Disorders
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Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA - Tiny Dots: Associations between locus coeruleus MRI contrast and cerebral perfusion are moderated by plasma Alzheimer’s biomarkers in older adults.

June 12, 2023 (10:00 AM CT)
We discuss novel relationships between locus coeruleus contrast (T1-FSE) and regional perfusion (pCASL) in dementia-free older adults, as well as moderating effects of plasma markers of Alzheimer's pathophysiology (pTau181 and Aβ42/40 ratio).
PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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Neuroimaging PIA: Neuroimaging molecolare nelle demenze: progressi nella ricerca ed applicazioni in ambito clinico italiano.

May 31, 2023
Nel primo webinar di Neuroimaging PIA in lingua italiana, discuteremo degli ultimi progressi nella ricerca nel neuroimaging moleculare per le demenze, e di quelli che sono i suoi attuali usi ed applicazioni nella pratica clinica italiana.
PIA - Neuroimaging
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Design and Data Analytics PIA: Streamlining and standardizing logistical, administrative, and regulatory workflows for sharing data from clinical trials and from public-private partnerships.

May 30, 2023
This webinar provides strategies for navigating the ethical, technical, and regulatory challenges involved in sharing clinical trial data. Data sharing principles and best practices to maximize shareable data reviewed and discussed.
PIA - Design and Data Analytics
On-Demand

Electrophysiology PIA: Exploring hippocampal replay as a potential therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease

May 22, 2023
Hippocampal replay is a key neural mechanism underlying memory consolidation. This seminar will discuss the role that hippocampal replay deficits may play in the memory impairments seen in Alzheimer’s disease.
PIA - Electrophysiology
On-Demand

Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems PIA: Effects of vagus nerve stimulation on central neuromodulation

May 12, 2023
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is thought to affect neuromodulatory activity, especially in the locus coeruleus, one of the first sites to accumulate abnormal tau. We discuss studies showing VNS effects on various markers of central neuromodulation.
PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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Latin America and the Caribbean Consortium on Dementia: Indigenous Population and Inequity in Brain Health

May 11, 2023
The objective of this webinar session is to appraise the existing research to identify key elements, conceptualizations, and interventions of cultural safety to improve health services and dementia care for Indigenous Peoples.
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Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems & Sleep and Circadian Rhythms PIAs: Sleep quality and the integrity of neuromodulatory subcortical systems

May 11, 2023
This webinar reviews the findings from recent animal research studies exploring how subcortical nuclei integrity, such as the basal forebrain and Locus coeruleus - noradrenergic system, relate to sleep regulation and quality.
PIA - Sleep and Circadian Rhythms PIA - Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems
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Atypical Alzheimer's Disease PIA: Posterior cortical atrophy consensus criteria

May 10, 2023
Dr Keir Yong and Prof Sebastian Crutch outlines posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) consensus criteria and their application in multi-centre studies. They discuss outstanding questions and future directions regarding the PCA research field.
PIA - Atypical Alzheimer's Disease
On-Demand

Sleep and Circadian Rhythms & Technology and Dementia PIAs: The state-of-art of sleep wearables in dementia: From applications to future directions.

May 5, 2023
Presentations of state-of-art and clinical/research applications of wearables in sleep and dementia will occur. Followed by panel where we explore challenges and untapped opportunities of sleep wearable technology in Alzheimer’s disease.
PIA - Technology and Dementia PIA - Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
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Frontotemporal Dementia and Related Disorders PIA: Progressive Supranuclear Palsy - not just Richardson’s syndrome

May 3, 2023
Six talks brings together the latest research and clinical updates in progressive supranuclear palsy and related disorders, with particular focus on phenotypic variants and transdiagnostic features: PSP - not just Richardson’s syndrome.
PIA - Frontotemporal Dementia & Related Disorders